PROGRAM:
Today an IP strategy needs to be global and taken into consideration even before first filings to ensure budget, quality as well as anticipate prosecution standards across jurisdictions.

The discussion will focus on considerations that can impact how an international patent portfolio can be efficiently built, including disruptive filing strategies, subject matter eligibility, patent drafting and prosecution recommendations for patent applications that will be filed in multiple countries.

Jonah Probell, IP Strategist, SoundHound Inc.
Jonah manages the IP portfolio for SoundHound, a company that turns sound into understanding and actionable meaning. He is a patent agent and veteran of six startups over the past 19 years. Jonah just completed the third edition of his book, Patenting for the Small Company.

Freddy Thiel, VP San Francisco Office, Kilburn & Strode, former Patent Counsel in charge of Orange International Labs
Freddy first joined the IP field as an in-house patent engineer in the connector industry where he was in charge of patent harvesting and profile for the company's European and Asian division. After qualifying as a European Patent Attorney in 2005, he joined one of the major telecommunications operators in Europe to develop the patent portfolio for its international labs, harvesting inventions from various countries. He has managed a broad and diverse range of filing programs before the French Patent Office, EPO, USPTO and WIPO.

Ben Wang, former VP and chief IP counsel, ZTE
Ben was formerly vice president and chief IP counsel at ZTE in the United States, where he provided strategic and tactical guidance relating to IP licensing and litigation issues. Before ZTE, Mr. Wang established and led Unilever’s patent group in Shanghai for over five years, building patent portfolios, managing patent litigation, and counseling on legal and IP policy issues in China and globally. Before relocating to China, Mr. Wang practiced law in the United States for over 10 years.

Andrew Schwaab, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Andy focuses his practice on strategic intellectual property matters, including counseling, global patent prosecution, patent litigation, licensing, validity and infringement analyses/opinions, due diligence, and freedom-to-operate issues. With more than 20 years of experience, Andrew handles matters related to a wide range of electrical and computer technologies. He serves as Vice-Chair of the CNIPA (Chinese Patent & Trademark Office)/U.S. Bar Liaison Council and is involved in several other professional organizations, such as IEEE.

If you have problems registering for the March meeting and want to make a reservation, please email Casey at caseymj10@hotmail.com.

DEADLINE FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION OR CANCELLATION: Tuesday noon, March 19, 2019. Online registration automatically closes at that time - please make your reservation online by the deadline as there are only a few extra spaces allotted at the meeting for walk-ins. The venue may not be able to serve meals beyond the guaranteed number expected for the meeting.

19th Annual LES Silicon Valley
Chapter Conference

"5G & IP - Are You Ready?"

PROGRAM:The 5th generation of wireless protocols is starting to be implemented in chips, devices, software, services, and applications this year. The next 12 to 18 months will see first adopters such as telecom companies making 5G a reality. Following widespread telecom rollout, 5G will then begin to enable vertical applications requiring order-of-magnitude bandwidth/speed improvements to be viable, such as the Internet of Things, self-driving vehicles, and telemedicine.

The 19th Annual Conference is filled with a program of experts who will provide answers to your questions including:

What is 5G and why does it matter?

Who are the 5G players in semiconductors, handsets, IoT, and other affected markets?

What are the key new enterprise and consumer-facing applications that 5G enables?

What does the 5G patent landscape look like?

What are the licensing and other partnering models for 5G, and what are their business and IP implications?

The UK is due to leave the European Union on March 29 – but what will it mean for intellectual property? The UK’s Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, supported by AIPLA, is bringing a Brexit roadshow to the United States this April to explain all.

Sir Colin Birss, a judge of the Patents Court of England and Wales and officials from the UK Intellectual Property Office will join a delegation led by CIPA President Julia Florence.

The CIPA seminar will explore hot topics such as the patentability of artificial intelligence for events in Palo Alto on Thursday, April 25 (Monday, April 22 in Washington DC and Tuesday, April 23 in Boston). The program will each be followed by a networking cocktail reception.

The events will also feature the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys (CITMA), Circuit Judge Kathleen O’Malley of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (in Washington), Laurie Hill, Vice President, Intellectual Property at biotech giant Genentech (Palo Alto) other U.Ss judges and leadership from AIPLA.

Sponsorship is being provided by Patent Seekers, Finnegan and Bird and Bird.